FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Darwin mbpr-claudio.lan 13.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64


EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Cacblemodem connection to the Internet with 75/7 Mbit/s up/download via a wireless router. Connection is working, see tcpdump output added to this bug report.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When I click on the Check for Updates button in the Java Control Panel I always get told

Unable to check for Java updates

Please check your internet connection and try again.


As you can see from the tcpdump trace, Internet works, so there must be some bug here.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u51

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Open the OSX System Preferences then the Java Control Panel. Select the Update tab and click on the Check for Updates button.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Information whether my version is up to date or not.
ACTUAL -
Unable to check for Java updates

Please check your internet connection and try again.


is shown instead.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Unable to check for Java updates

Please check your internet connection and try again.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
This is the tcpdump trace of the connection. As it is https nothing can be seen directly, but maybe the timestamps help, or you can decode it having access to the Oracle certificates.

11:50:57.328289 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 255, id 43538, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 68)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.63037 > openwrt.lan.domain: [udp sum ok] 23609+ A? e5486.g.akamaiedge.net. (40)
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0044 aa12 0000 ff11 8d85 c0a8 01bf c0a8 .D..............
0x0020: 0101 f63d 0035 0030 bb3d 5c39 0100 0001 ...=.5.0.=\9....
0x0030: 0000 0000 0000 0565 3534 3836 0167 0a61 .......e5486.g.a
0x0040: 6b61 6d61 6965 6467 6503 6e65 7400 0001 kamaiedge.net...
0x0050: 0001 ..
11:50:57.345709 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 84)
    openwrt.lan.domain > mbpr-claudio.lan.63037: [udp sum ok] 23609 q: A? e5486.g.akamaiedge.net. 1/0/0 e5486.g.akamaiedge.net. [20s] A 23.51.240.60 (56)
0x0000: b8f6 b11a 3b25 0224 b2d8 4600 0800 4500 ....;%.$..F...E.
0x0010: 0054 0000 4000 4011 b688 c0a8 0101 c0a8 .T..@.@.........
0x0020: 01bf 0035 f63d 0040 7305 5c39 8180 0001 ...5.=.@s.\9....
0x0030: 0001 0000 0000 0565 3534 3836 0167 0a61 .......e5486.g.a
0x0040: 6b61 6d61 6965 6467 6503 6e65 7400 0001 kamaiedge.net...
0x0050: 0001 c00c 0001 0001 0000 0014 0004 1733 ...............3
0x0060: f03c .<
11:50:57.346107 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 1188, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 64)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [S], cksum 0x38ed (correct), seq 183913099, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 4,nop,nop,TS val 696251152 ecr 0,sackOK,eol], length 0
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0040 04a4 4000 4006 6c3d c0a8 01bf 1733 .@..@.@.l=.....3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4a8b 0000 0000 b002 .<.m....J.......
0x0030: ffff 38ed 0000 0204 05b4 0103 0304 0101 ..8.............
0x0040: 080a 297f f310 0000 0000 0402 0000 ..)...........
11:50:57.360262 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 57, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 60)
    a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https > mbpr-claudio.lan.49261: Flags [S.], cksum 0x6676 (correct), seq 1904508133, ack 183913100, win 14480, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 3388535418 ecr 696251152,nop,wscale 1], length 0
0x0000: b8f6 b11a 3b25 0224 b2d8 4600 0800 4500 ....;%.$..F...E.
0x0010: 003c 0000 4000 3906 77e5 1733 f03c c0a8 .<..@.9.w..3.<..
0x0020: 01bf 01bb c06d 7184 7ce5 0af6 4a8c a012 .....mq.|...J...
0x0030: 3890 6676 0000 0204 05b4 0402 080a c9f8 8.fv............
0x0040: f27a 297f f310 0103 0301 .z).......
11:50:57.360299 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 52992, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 52)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], cksum 0xad93 (correct), seq 1, ack 1, win 8235, options [nop,nop,TS val 696251166 ecr 3388535418], length 0
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0034 cf00 4000 4006 a1ec c0a8 01bf 1733 .4..@.@........3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4a8c 7184 7ce6 8010 .<.m....J.q.|...
0x0030: 202b ad93 0000 0101 080a 297f f31e c9f8 .+........).....
0x0040: f27a .z
11:50:57.361269 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 54971, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 263)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], cksum 0x57b1 (correct), seq 1:212, ack 1, win 8235, options [nop,nop,TS val 696251166 ecr 3388535418], length 211
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0107 d6bb 4000 4006 995e c0a8 01bf 1733 ....@.@..^.....3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4a8c 7184 7ce6 8018 .<.m....J.q.|...
0x0030: 202b 57b1 0000 0101 080a 297f f31e c9f8 .+W.......).....
0x0040: f27a 1603 0100 ce01 0000 ca03 0153 300e .z...........S0.
0x0050: 11ff da15 9651 0b8b a329 70be a204 c1a0 .....Q...)p.....
0x0060: 4e19 f9f1 b61f 7f76 4db2 e85a 2920 6d81 N......vM..Z).m.
0x0070: c270 8f90 8bee ef7d 4de0 766d ad71 6516 .p.....}M.vm.qe.
0x0080: 2dd9 76ae 01e7 def3 eeb2 3d90 c2ba 004a -.v.......=....J
0x0090: 00ff c024 c023 c00a c009 c007 c008 c028 ...$.#.........(
0x00a0: c027 c014 c013 c011 c012 c026 c025 c02a .'.........&.%.*
0x00b0: c029 c005 c004 c002 c003 c00f c00e c00c .)..............
0x00c0: c00d 003d 003c 002f 0005 0004 0035 000a ...=.<./.....5..
0x00d0: 0067 006b 0033 0039 0016 0100 0037 0000 .g.k.3.9.....7..
0x00e0: 0021 001f 0000 1c6a 6176 6164 6c2d 6573 .!.....javadl-es
0x00f0: 642d 7365 6375 7265 2e6f 7261 636c 652e d-secure.oracle.
0x0100: 636f 6d00 0a00 0800 0600 1700 1800 1900 com.............
0x0110: 0b00 0201 00 .....
11:50:57.380272 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 57, id 36462, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 52)
    a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https > mbpr-claudio.lan.49261: Flags [.], cksum 0xae79 (correct), seq 1, ack 212, win 7776, options [nop,nop,TS val 3388535436 ecr 696251166], length 0
0x0000: b8f6 b11a 3b25 0224 b2d8 4600 0800 4500 ....;%.$..F...E.
0x0010: 0034 8e6e 4000 3906 e97e 1733 f03c c0a8 .4.n@.9..~.3.<..
0x0020: 01bf 01bb c06d 7184 7ce6 0af6 4b5f 8010 .....mq.|...K_..
0x0030: 1e60 ae79 0000 0101 080a c9f8 f28c 297f .`.y..........).
0x0040: f31e ..
11:50:57.380504 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 57, id 36463, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 197)
    a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https > mbpr-claudio.lan.49261: Flags [P.], cksum 0xd9bf (correct), seq 1:146, ack 212, win 7776, options [nop,nop,TS val 3388535437 ecr 696251166], length 145
0x0000: b8f6 b11a 3b25 0224 b2d8 4600 0800 4500 ....;%.$..F...E.
0x0010: 00c5 8e6f 4000 3906 e8ec 1733 f03c c0a8 ...o@.9....3.<..
0x0020: 01bf 01bb c06d 7184 7ce6 0af6 4b5f 8018 .....mq.|...K_..
0x0030: 1e60 d9bf 0000 0101 080a c9f8 f28d 297f .`............).
0x0040: f31e 1603 0100 5102 0000 4d03 0153 300e ......Q...M..S0.
0x0050: 1130 04f2 f8b3 45be a190 a8f7 0f38 9eba .0....E......8..
0x0060: eb38 1977 a9dd 2f28 b2f2 98cd 8a20 6d81 .8.w../(......m.
0x0070: c270 8f90 8bee ef7d 4de0 766d ad71 6516 .p.....}M.vm.qe.
0x0080: 2dd9 76ae 01e7 def3 eeb2 3d90 c2ba 002f -.v.......=..../
0x0090: 0000 05ff 0100 0100 1403 0100 0101 1603 ................
0x00a0: 0100 309d d244 32b6 04cf a850 37d4 f140 ..0..D2....P7..@
0x00b0: 4b7a 76f9 c4a1 dd4f a83a a8e1 38e4 6c19 Kzv....O.:..8.l.
0x00c0: 4544 2c1e 275f 9285 4154 2115 ba7f b2f6 ED,.'_..AT!.....
0x00d0: 5741 79 WAy
11:50:57.380523 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 8307, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 52)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], cksum 0xac11 (correct), seq 212, ack 146, win 8226, options [nop,nop,TS val 696251186 ecr 3388535437], length 0
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0034 2073 4000 4006 507a c0a8 01bf 1733 .4.s@.@.Pz.....3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4b5f 7184 7d77 8010 .<.m....K_q.}w..
0x0030: 2022 ac11 0000 0101 080a 297f f332 c9f8 ."........)..2..
0x0040: f28d ..
11:50:57.480903 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 27383, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 58)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], cksum 0x959c (correct), seq 212:218, ack 146, win 8226, options [nop,nop,TS val 696251285 ecr 3388535437], length 6
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 003a 6af7 4000 4006 05f0 c0a8 01bf 1733 .:j.@.@........3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4b5f 7184 7d77 8018 .<.m....K_q.}w..
0x0030: 2022 959c 0000 0101 080a 297f f395 c9f8 ."........).....
0x0040: f28d 1403 0100 0101 ........
11:50:57.480920 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 47059, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 105)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], cksum 0x5e95 (correct), seq 218:271, ack 146, win 8226, options [nop,nop,TS val 696251285 ecr 3388535437], length 53
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0069 b7d3 4000 4006 b8e4 c0a8 01bf 1733 .i..@.@........3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4b65 7184 7d77 8018 .<.m....Keq.}w..
0x0030: 2022 5e95 0000 0101 080a 297f f395 c9f8 ."^.......).....
0x0040: f28d 1603 0100 3080 30f9 12ec 58e6 808f ......0.0...X...
0x0050: 2384 00d2 8819 9503 97fc 3777 ac19 840d #.........7w....
0x0060: 4e14 656b 8427 290f f3b5 e6e3 da27 92e9 N.ek.')......'..
0x0070: 9b38 2f98 0eb7 25 .8/...%
11:50:57.481040 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 61107, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 1177)
    mbpr-claudio.lan.49261 > a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], cksum 0x8cff (correct), seq 271:1396, ack 146, win 8226, options [nop,nop,TS val 696251285 ecr 3388535437], length 1125
0x0000: 0224 b2d8 4600 b8f6 b11a 3b25 0800 4500 .$..F.....;%..E.
0x0010: 0499 eeb3 4000 4006 7dd4 c0a8 01bf 1733 ....@.@.}......3
0x0020: f03c c06d 01bb 0af6 4b9a 7184 7d77 8018 .<.m....K.q.}w..
0x0030: 2022 8cff 0000 0101 080a 297f f395 c9f8 ."........).....
0x0040: f28d 1703 0104 60a1 c6fd fbdb f14e 68ab ......`......Nh.
0x0050: 62a4 21f9 e3a0 bbf6 4ac4 6131 19ff 023e b.!.....J.a1...>
0x0060: 62d1 473b 08ca ceaa 6099 489c 3e16 a308 b.G;....`.H.>...
0x0070: 8730 130b b65a 7091 cc05 b0ab 95b1 55c9 .0...Zp.......U.
0x0080: 247f c76a ccf9 04a3 ce55 1017 edf3 dd9f $..j.....U......
0x0090: 371f cd69 2630 a9a1 6eed 8ee7 380a 1c8d 7..i&0..n...8...
0x00a0: 3831 4213 8ce0 4594 2eeb 3037 8cf6 985a 81B...E...07...Z
0x00b0: b064 92b6 cb19 1dd3 3ef6 3f07 bfd7 1288 .d......>.?.....
0x00c0: 5e3a 694e f0fb d541 afee 9fe5 d99d 2035 ^:iN...A.......5
0x00d0: c11d fa32 0445 b43c b3fe 2f97 f0f8 b447 ...2.E.<../....G
0x00e0: 4449 bf0d 1743 2baa f0e0 fc28 b18a 7097 DI...C+....(..p.
0x00f0: 3477 c7af 683c b6c2 4b41 c958 a338 5c85 4w..h<..KA.X.8\.
0x0100: 36a1 2079 db9c c83a 8027 29c9 5066 d520 6..y...:.').Pf..
0x0110: f2ae 4a75 ef77 3c17 77d6 8696 96cb 2be1 ..Ju.w<.w.....+.
0x0120: 06b5 6caa bf62 5a97 eb13 582c e6b1 d836 ..l..bZ...X,...6
0x0130: 142f 6c62 b4c9 541a 0f18 b706 5ab9 0a63 ./lb..T.....Z..c
0x0140: b2a6 584d 7dab 4a8d 07ca 638c 9617 ff76 ..XM}.J...c....v
0x0150: 1267 87fd dc27 13d9 f173 4701 207a 5b53 .g...'...sG..z[S
0x0160: 5f33 77cf fa5e e1c6 86a1 c273 e6e5 b9c9 _3w..^.....s....
0x0170: 2dcf 58b2 c3c1 d306 1a63 ab9d 04b9 13b4 -.X......c......
0x0180: 5828 c7ff 1d05 c28a ee81 60df 8cb9 6466 X(........`...df
0x0190: 9569 d7cf 18d0 2f01 88af bd6b 3a95 afcd .i..../....k:...
0x01a0: 2b22 94df e2ae c23e 9497 17ad 569c 6e9a +".....>....V.n.
0x01b0: a7f4 54c6 5531 fb1a ef72 804f bac4 986d ..T.U1...r.O...m
0x01c0: ebb8 17d0 1b1a 89d7 0ac5 d447 4974 7330 ...........GIts0
0x01d0: 45fe 8d9a 0cee 5b8e 4995 397e 4231 f970 E.....[.I.9~B1.p
0x01e0: 21ba 5475 8a61 cf61 883f 33d4 bd4d 4ffe !.Tu.a.a.?3..MO.
0x01f0: 7019 6b51 a204 442c c7be 8003 fc87 fcf5 p.kQ..D,........
0x0200: 6502 ab8c cb31 9753 b1d4 fa7b e076 4339 e....1.S...{.vC9
0x0210: 5d5c c8f2 7c7c 5a60 cc53 7dcd 88e1 9a59 ]\..||Z`.S}....Y
0x0220: 7643 cc3c fff4 2871 c8a7 2bb5 0e41 6869 vC.<..(q..+..Ahi
0x0230: 4307 23da 3f34 7731 e04e eb6e 4d3f 52c4 C.#.?4w1.N.nM?R.
0x0240: 424d f925 7aa9 21ed 6d49 7a91 70ad a51b BM.%z.!.mIz.p...
0x0250: 708b af92 440f 243c c9b8 11d4 dfa4 6141 p...D.$<......aA
0x0260: 67c8 2ad4 03c5 6898 a715 734c 3270 94dc g.*...h...sL2p..
0x0270: 7f51 c7e6 dd74 3fc1 1aaf 48c7 157d 5798 .Q...t?...H..}W.
0x0280: 7c21 275d 9cbc c312 45aa 810e 0922 507e |!']....E...."P~
0x0290: 62ca e193 aa18 1a98 28bb c685 7ab2 35c8 b.......(...z.5.
0x02a0: 2fd6 0c63 39e0 9d58 f455 91e3 b8e2 7c2a /..c9..X.U....|*
0x02b0: 5639 5fd3 9b6f 5a55 6ab7 718e a015 679c V9_..oZUj.q...g.
0x02c0: fd3d cba4 f5df 17ca 3617 a332 2ae9 b21b .=......6..2*...
0x02d0: 0afe a7a4 6a1c 773e cabd 952a 21f3 9dc9 ....j.w>...*!...
0x02e0: f13a 4b8b 97cf b1ef 1ac7 03e4 d03f 7b2c .:K..........?{,
0x02f0: bf03 1682 4aad ee7d 3ea8 55ad e4fd 4630 ....J..}>.U...F0
0x0300: 029d b20e 815a 18ad 1b78 7382 fd20 8048 .....Z...xs....H
0x0310: 404e 4d4c bc42 b278 11f0 c689 35b8 f9a9 @NML.B.x....5...
0x0320: b773 b74e 54f3 5cfb dbf2 37b0 bad0 3e4d .s.NT.\...7...>M
0x0330: 9715 c117 3df8 58c0 b4b4 ef3d 6a40 7ad1 ....=.X....=j@z.
0x0340: 0767 fa54 d7c0 884e 9c00 5af9 97a7 96dc .g.T...N..Z.....
0x0350: 60c6 017e 683f 6f41 a535 62a2 7f30 4699 `..~h?oA.5b..0F.
0x0360: d86e 4348 8156 91e2 32a7 59f3 dd9b e9ee .nCH.V..2.Y.....
0x0370: a44f e881 4eda 193e fcef d564 4f42 1bd4 .O..N..>...dOB..
0x0380: 7f27 43ba 8c1c b12d 6d17 1c3b 0934 3a3f .'C....-m..;.4:?
0x0390: 97fa fd1d 0130 221c a06b 4b98 01c7 dcd6 .....0"..kK.....
0x03a0: 3c89 4aa3 1ede 9e01 e027 9761 9ecf a3ba <.J......'.a....
0x03b0: 292f ce14 594a 9701 98b9 b3f4 5043 3733 )/..YJ......PC73
0x03c0: 563f 31b2 52a4 939d 369c 50f5 e664 c825 V?1.R...6.P..d.%
0x03d0: 1f59 0915 dfeb b38c da4f 97bb be5f ceac .Y.......O..._..
0x03e0: 1f70 3b15 e4b6 30f1 107f 2028 d22c 1d6a .p;...0....(.,.j
0x03f0: c531 8a62 22e1 5e6d 29b4 d266 b80f 8cb4 .1.b".^m)..f....
0x0400: fea7 4639 c599 f994 95ef 2767 f752 8f04 ..F9......'g.R..
0x0410: ea9c 66a9 f8d0 243d 8bd9 91fc dee2 e254 ..f...$=.......T
0x0420: da4d 8e4c 1e44 64ef df74 5b09 1674 4eb4 .M.L.Dd..t[..tN.
0x0430: f705 a2c8 6c5d e424 530c 3d84 91be 31d7 ....l].$S.=...1.
0x0440: 6c5a 98c3 db48 03d6 d604 8ce1 4155 9cbe lZ...H......AU..
0x0450: 5010 67aa 11d8 72f9 06d1 b31a 64f8 00e3 P.g...r.....d...
0x0460: 4bfc 4b27 946d afb9 3dae b9be f369 d633 K.K'.m..=....i.3
0x0470: 62cd 40ff a326 6581 e700 7272 8794 af0a b.@..&e...rr....
0x0480: 90d4 dd3e b72a 25b2 f3df 9214 6775 795b ...>.*%.....guy[
0x0490: 0405 fd41 117c ae5b c0ab 4abd 5b64 9fe2 ...A.|.[..J.[d..
0x04a0: 2a2d 1f28 b39b 18 *-.(...
11:50:57.496021 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 57, id 36464, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 52)
    a23-51-240-60.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.https > mbpr-claudio.lan.49261: Flags [.], cksum 0xacc1 (correct), seq 146, ack 271, win 7776, options [nop,nop,TS val 3388535553 ecr 696251285], length 0
0x0000: b8f6 b11a 3b25 0224 b2d8 4600 0800 4500 ....;%.$..F...E.
0x0010: 0034 8e70 4000 3906 e97c 1733 f03c c0a8 .4.p@.9..|.3.<..
0x0020: 01bf 01bb c06d 7184 7d77 0af6 4b9a 8010 .....mq.}w..K...
0x0030: 1e60 acc1 0000 0101 080a c9f8 f301 297f .`............).
0x0040: f395 ..

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